Is HOVER a Wordle Word?

Yes. HOVER is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on March 1, 2025 (#1351).

Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.

What does HOVER mean?

/ˈhɒ.və(ɹ)/

To float in the air.“The hummingbird hovered by the plant.”
To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.“His pen hovered above the paper.”
To waver, or be uncertain.“Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.”

1 more verb definition

To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.“A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.”

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 27% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: O, E, R

Hard-mode trap: 6 valid words fit the pattern _OVER. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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